Mirror attachment for table implements.



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APPL OATIO FILED 001" 18 19 avwentoz flm W71 2 I Wihwmeo I V Waist 15 as aknife, for

the purpose of determining UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR TABLE IMPLEMENTS.

5 phin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirror Attachments for Table Implements, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompany mg drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mirror for table implements, and the primary object of the in vention is to rovide a table implement, such or other device with a mirror suitably secured in the handle of the implement, so that the user of the implement may have ready at hand amirror for the purpose of inspecting the ment.-

The invention is particularly designed for use in connection with such table implements as are usedin -restaurants,icafs, or

other public eating establishments. Often ,times a patron of a restaurant which has become lodged in the teeth, or for whether the li s be entirely clean after eating certain foo s, or for other similar purposes. It is not only inconvenient, but embarrassing oftentimes" as well, for such patron to ask for a mirrorto' 3 be used at the table.

In my device, however, the mirror being in the implement used by the patron during eating, may be used by him or her for the purpose indicated above substantially without attracting any atten- 40 tion, and is always ready for such use at any time desired.

The invention is, as above stated designed for use in connection with table implements, and I do, not herein claim or desire to be i understood as claiming the broad application of a mirror to any implement, my invention residing in the em loyment of a mirror afiixed to a table imp ement, preferably in the handle thereof, in which position it is suitably held against displacement, and is so aflixed in the handle as to prevent any injury to the backing of the mirror by thewashing of the implement, or the loosening of the.

mirror from its position in such implement In describing the invention in detail, refer-- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 18, 1907. Serial No. 398,115.

teeth in themouth or the 20 mouth or other portions of the face generally, at any time desired by the user of'the implelarf, oval, rectangular,

fotherform which the manufacturer may demounted in the counter- 80 bu ter face thereof is flush with the end face of or caf 'Zfthehandle, and where it is placed in the end the need of a mirror to discover a substance Patented May, 5, 190s.

ence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and wherein like numerals of reference will be employed to indicate like parts throughout the several-views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a knife, showing a mirror mounted in the end of the handle, Fi 2 is a plan table imp ement such showing .the mirror affixedin the side of the handle,,Fig. 3-is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

As heretofore, stated the invention resides. particularly in the application of a mirror to atable implement, preferably the handle of such implement.

viewof a portion of a a as a knife or fork,

In Fig. 1 a knife handle 1 of a form com- -monl employed is shown, the end of such hand e being provided with a countersink in which'a' mirror 2 is mounted. This mi1'ror2 mayfbeof any suitable shape, such ascircusire. 'Itis preferabl sink-in the end' 0 the handle so that the diamond I shape, or

of a handle, made of wood or similar fibrous material, the mirror isGpreferably held in place by means of a securing ring 3 flanged around its outer edge to engage with the edge or peripher of the mirror, and firmly seated in the en vof the handle to hold the mirror. This securingring is driven, into the end of the'handle, or a seat may be formed therefor and the ring secured by any desir-- able means, the rin slightly larger than t or countersink that receives the mirror, as by, this means it may be driven into the end of the-handle around the mirror, and inclose a thin web of the material from which the being 'of a diameter e diameter of the seat handle is made, which lies between such se' curin ring and the periphery. of the mirror. This t in'webwill be forced into engagement with the periphery of the mirror in such con-. struction, and bein of a fibrous nature, no dan er of breakin t e mirror is encountered. If the material fro which the handle is formed is of such a" nature as to securely hold the ring 3 when driven therein, no his 7 tenin means is generally re uired for the ring, ut where the material 0 the handle is of such a nature that the ring may not be firmly held after being driven into position,

fastening means therefor, such as a small pin or screw is employed for securing the rin 1n pos1t1on.

n Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, the same appli-' cation of the mirror is illustrated, .in this instance the mirror 2 being placed in the side face of the handle 1 instead of in the end thereof. The same mode of fastening the mirror in position is employed, and the mirror in this position in the handle may alsobe of any desired sha e.

Where thehan e of the implement is of metal, the'mirror is generally affixed in the implement in the process of molding the latter.

Having thus fully described my invention,

article of tableware, of a mirror securing ring secured to the handle, said ring having its 11 per portion formed to engage the edges of t e mirror, the lower portion of the ring being spaced from the mirror, a Web of the handle material being interposed between the mirror and ring below the contact plane of the 2. The'combination with the handle of an mirror and ring to form an interposed support for the mirror, whereb an extended contact of the ring and the e ges of the mirror in a direction at right angles to the plane of the mirror will be prevented.

3. The combination with the handle of an article of table-ware, said handle having a mirror-receiving recess, of a mirror securing ring secured in said handle, said rin having its upper portion formed to engage t e 'edges of the mirror, the lower portion of the ring being located without the mirror-receiving recess, whereby a supporting web of the handle the mirror and ring below the contact plane of the mirror and ring.

material will be interposed between ,4. The combination with the handle of an article of table-ware, saidhandle having a m1rror-rece1v1ng recess, of a mirror securing ring secured in said handle, said ring having its upper portion formed to. engage the edges of the mirror, the lower portion of the ring being located without the mirror-receiving recess, whereby a supporting web of the handle material will be interposed between the mirror and ring below the contact plane of the mirror and rin said ring being of a siae to project below t e bottom plane of the mirror. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, ELMER WALTER. Witnesses A. M. WILSON, M. E. LowRY. 

